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Sold out in about 20 minutes this morning. Got my ticket

Lineup so far:

Thursday, April 14th (Lineup Complete)

Godflesh
(performing Streetcleaner in its entirety, and in track order, including the Tiny Tears EP)
Pentagram
Wovenhand
Buzzov*en
Soilent Green
Alcest

Wardruna
Acid King
Circle
Blood Ceremony
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

Count Raven
Ghost
Today is the Day
Year of no Light
Winterfylleth
The Atomic Bitchwax


In Solitude
Zoroaster
Naam
Quest For Fire
Carlton Melton
Cough

Friday, April 15th – Sunn O)))’S Curated Event At The 013 Venue

Sunn O)))
Corrosion of Conformity (Animosity-lineup)
Winter
Earth

Scorn
Beaver
Hooded Menace

Menace Ruine
Aluk Todolo
The Secret
Void Ov Voices

More bands TBA

Friday, April 15th – Roadburn Festival – Midi Theatre

Voivod
Sabbath Assembly
Incredible Hog
Pharaoh Overlord
Place of Skulls
Year of no Light
(live soundtrack to CT Dreyer’s horror masterpiece Vampyr)


Saturday, April 16th (Line Up Complete)

SWANS
Candlemass
(celebrating 25 years of doom, including “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus” in its entirety; featuring original vocalist Johan Längquist)
Shrinebuilder
Voivod
Weedeater

Yob
(performing The Unreal Never Lived in its entirety)
Circle
Dragontears
Rwake
Master Musicians of Bukkake

The Gates of Slumber
Ramesses
Evoken
Yakuza
White Hills
Black Math Horseman

Liturgy
Lonely Kamel
Wolf People
Stone Axe
Ludicra
Imaad Wasif

Sunday, April 17th – Roadburn Afterburner – 013 Venue

Black Mountain
Dead meadow
Blood Farmers
Black Pyramid
Sourvein
Coffins
Dragontears
Gomer Pyle
Samsara Blues Experiment

Roadburn used to be fuckin awesome until the no smoking rule. Have fun!

Bert wrote:Roadburn used to be fuckin awesome until the no smoking rule. Have fun!

Plenty of bars in the same area. Don't smoke a lot of green these days anyway.

Yeah sure there are a lot of coffeeshops in Tilburg but I'd rather smoke my j while seeing a great band.

It is the most stoner friendly lineup your likely to find. Just have to go in baked I guess.

<-- jealous

Weedeater I didn't even know that scorn and Bukkake were in bands.

Saw Weedeater at Hellfest this year. It was standard

charlie wrote:Saw Weedeater at Hellfest this year. It was standard

Great band. Buncha dirty fucking rednecks just pounding out sludge. On their myspace, the describe their sound as a "piece of shit floating down the river".

sold out in 20 minutes? they need a bigger venue.

Godflesh
Pentagram
Buzzov*en
Soilent Green
Alcest
Wardruna
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Zoroaster
Cough
Corrosion of Conformity (Animosity-lineup)
Earth
Voivod
SWANS
Candlemass
Shrinebuilder
Voivod
Weedeater
Yob
Rwake
The Gates of Slumber
Evoken
Yakuza
Coffins

I enjoy all of these bands and have seen quite a few of them live. I would go to this in a heartbeat. fantastic line up.

Lumber Jack Off wrote:sold out in 20 minutes? they need a bigger venue.

There isn't a better/bigger venue around here.

Lumber Jack Off wrote:sold out in 20 minutes? they need a bigger venue.

Its intimacy is one of the highlights.

Roadburn headquarters are in a euphoric state as we report that West Coast stoner metal legends Sleep have been confirmed as the headliner at Roadburn Festival 2012. Sleep are irrefutably a seminal band of the stoner rock scene and to our elation they are coming to their spiritual home of Roadburn to anchor the 2012 festival.

Featuring original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike together with drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis, Sleep will be playing (a one-off show) on Saturday, 14 April 2012. Al Cisneros will also be appearing with OM together with Emil Amos and Robert A.A. Lowe, bringing their hypnotic vibrations to Roadburn‘s mainstage on Thursday, 12 April.

“Sleep are honored to attend the Symposium of Iommic Research, Tilburg at the 17th Annual Roadburn Festival” – Al Cisneros.



We at the Roadburn Festival consider Sleep to be among the most important bands influencing today’s thriving stoner / sludge / metal scene. Their vision to combine the powerful riffs of Black Sabbath with the outsider ethics of punk rock turned into an unstoppable amalgamation, one that catapulted them to international attention within a very short time. Their rapid rise and unquestionable musical significance is a testimony to the fact that they tapped into something that resonates inside virtually every fan of stoner metal today. They truly embody the spirit and power of The Riff.

Formed as a Bay Area punk rock band called Asbestosdeath, the band changed their musical direction and name and debuted as Sleep with their “Volume One” album in 1991. After Justin Marler left the band, the core lineup of Al Cisneros, Matt Pike and Chris Hakius went into the studio to record a demo cassette that they sent to Earache Records. The recording was released in November 1992 (exactly as received by the label) under the name “Sleep’s Holy Mountain” and went on to forever alter the musical landscape. Countless current bands cite “…Holy Mountain” as a major inspiration, and the unique sound and style of the record can be heard in many subsequent releases by bands from all over the world.

“Sleep’s Holy Mountain” created such a buzz that major label London Records signed the band. Unfortunately, the label lacked the vision necessary to actually follow through and release the album that Sleep recorded, mostly because it took the not-radio-friendly form of a single song — a 63 minute long ode to weed — called “Dopesmoker.” Sleep returned to the studio and edited the track down to 52 minutes and retitled it “Jerusalem”, but it was again rejected. London Records shelved the record and dropped the band, leading to their dissolution.

Luckily, the record had a life after death and refused to stay buried. It first saw the light of day as the shortened “Jerusalem” version by The Music Cartel in 1998 before “Dopesmoker” (at its full 63 minute length) was given a proper release by Tee Pee Records in 2003. “Dopesmoker” stands as one of the towering achievements in recent metal history, a mesmerizing, intoxicating, and incredibly complex song that is still unrivaled in the annals of stoner metal.

The band’s breakup, while devastating for fans, turned out to have a silver lining as Matt Pike went on to form High On Fire, a metal juggernaut that has authored five albums to date, and Al Cisneros went on to form OM who have released four albums to date. Roadburn is extremely charged to welcome OM to the festival’s main stage on Thursday, April 12th, 2012. Al Cisneros, Emil Amos and Robert A.A. Lowe – their spellbinding sound represents the ultimate synthesis of stoner riffs and mantra in music today.

Roadburn Festival 2012, including Voivod‘s special event, will run for four days — from Thursday, April 12 to Sunday, April 15 (the traditional Afterburner) at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland.

Pre-sales will start Saturday, November 26, 2011.

Leviathan wrote:

holy shit.

Lineup is shaping up nicely again. Obsessed reunion!